AFCI required?

[Fred B]

Moving switch for a lighting circuit due to change of wall and door. Now I've been able pull existing wire into attic and drop it into new location without adding to it. It is a bedroom but existing was before AFCI requirements, so now do I have to add AFCI because I've moved it or is it exempt based on 6ft extension of circuit and I didn't add on?

 

[ptonsparky]

210.12(D) Exception, would be my first thought, but you did not modify or extend the circuit. I don't believe modify includes repositioning the wire.

Code is permissive, so no AFCI is required in your situation, IMO.

 

[kwired]

I wouldn't. Inspectors that like to read between the lines too hard might want it done anyway.

 

[ptonsparky]

Moving a light switch would not trigger an inspection in my world.